Marine Science Center Teacher Resources – Page 1 Marine Science Center Rocky Shore Field Experience Teacher Resources Grades 35 Thank you for your interest in the educational programs at the Marine Science Center! This packet will provide you with information on how to incorporate a marine science field experience into your science curriculum, including background information on program content, what to expect during your visit, pre and postvisit classroom activities and how these field experiences and activities satisfy requirements of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. For information regarding logistics and planning your visit, please see the Group Visit Registration pack. Contents A. What to expect on your visit: 1. Program Description………………………………………………………………………………………………….....2 2. Rocky Shore Survey Data Sheet……………………………………………………………………………………..4 3. Teacher and Chaperone Guidelines………………………………………………………………………….........6 4. Field Trip Etiquette………………………………………………………………………….........................................7 5. What to Bring…………………………………………………………………………………………………................…8 B. Classroom Resources: 1. Background Information for Teachers……………………………………………………………………...……9 2. Connection to Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework...…………………….........……………12 3. Extension Activities…………………………………………………………………………………….......................16 Resources for Extension Activities: • Vocabulary list and definitions........................ …………...............…………..................................19 • Species list……………………………………………………………………………......……........................21 • Practice Weather Observations Worksheet…………………………………………................…23 • Food Web Activity Worksheet…………………………………………………………........................24 • Food Web Activity Student Template…………………………………………………………..........25 • Food Web Teacher Key…………………………………………………………......................................26 • Construct a Field Guide Template………………………………………………….......………..........27 • Rocky Shore Field Guide…………………………………………….…………......................................28 • Cloud chart…………………………………………………………..............................................................30 • Beaufort Wind Speed Scale………………………………………………………..................................31 • Map of Nahant…………………………………………………………........................................................32 • Rocky Shore slide presentation (available upon request)
Marine Science Center
Teacher Resources Grades 3-5
Thank you for your interest in
the educational programs at the
Marine Science Center! This
packet will provide you with
information on how to incorporate
a marine science field experience
into your science curriculum,
including background information on
program content, what to expect
during your visit, pre- and
post-visit classroom activities and
how these field experiences and
activities satisfy requirements of
the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
For information regarding logistics
and planning your visit, please
see the Group Visit Registration
pack.
Contents
B. Classroom Resources: 1. Background
Information for
Teachers……………………………………………………………………...……9 2. Connection
to Massachusetts State Curriculum
Framework...…………………….........……………12 3. Extension
Activities…………………………………………………………………………………….......................16
Resources for Extension Activities: •
Vocabulary list and
definitions........................
…………...............…………..................................19
• Species
list……………………………………………………………………………......……........................21
• Practice Weather Observations
Worksheet…………………………………………................…23 • Food
Web Activity
Worksheet…………………………………………………………........................24
• Food Web Activity Student
Template…………………………………………………………..........25 • Food
Web Teacher
Key…………………………………………………………......................................26
• Construct a Field Guide
Template………………………………………………….......………..........27 •
Rocky Shore Field
Guide…………………………………………….…………......................................28
• Cloud
chart…………………………………………………………..............................................................30
• Beaufort Wind Speed
Scale………………………………………………………..................................31
• Map of
Nahant…………………………………………………………........................................................32
• Rocky Shore slide presentation
(available upon request)
Program Description
A typical field trip to the
Marine Science Center consists of
three, 45-minute components:
1. Introduction to the rocky shore/meet
rocky shore organisms • Outreach
staff will use a display to
demonstrate students a rocky shore
at high and
low tide and will ask the
students if the have ever been
to such a place. Students will
be asked to name the types
of animals that live on the
rocky shore.
• Students will hypothesize about why
it might be difficult to live
on the rocky shore and what
kind of adaptations animals have
to deal with this stressful
life.
• Outreach staff will lead students
in exploring our touch tanks,
where they can meet and touch
animals that live on the rocky
shore. Teachers and chaperones are
asked to enforce rules and
ensure students treat animals with
respect.
2. Rocky shore field experience **Students
must wear closed toed shoes and
demonstrate good behavior in order
to participate in the rocky
shore activity.
• Outreach staff will introduce students
to the tools scientists use to
collect data on the rocky
shore and explain the activity
and the rules on the rocky
shore.
• Students will break into groups of
3-4 and each group will be
responsible for bringing their
equipment down to the rocky
shore. Teachers and chaperones are
asked to ensure that students
form groups and gather equipment.
• On the shore, groups will start
low on the shore, place their
quadrat in a tide pool and
collect data on the physical
characteristics (temperature, salinity) and
living organisms contained in the
quadrat. Students will check off
organisms they find in the
quadrat on the provided data
sheet.
• Field guides will be provided to
help students identify the seaweed
and invertebrates living in the
tidepools.
• One teachers or chaperones should
be assigned to a group,
assisting students with the activity
and keeping them on task, as
well as enforcing rules to
ensure safety.
3. Tour of East Point • Outreach
staff will lead students around
the grounds of the Marine
Science Center
and to the top of East Point
while discussing the history of
the area, important geological
features, and some current research
at the MSC. Topics include:
o Military history of East Point:
bunkers, triangulation towers, submarine
detection strip, Nike Missile Silo.
o Geology of East Point: tombolo,
home to first shelled fossils,
rock signatures provide evidence of
Pangea, igneous intrusions create
sills and dikes, slant of
rocks due to mountain building.
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Included in this pack is a
worksheet for students to complete
using information that they learned
in the classroom and tour
portions of the program. This
worksheet can be filled out
during the program or teachers can
use it as a follow-up/assessment
activity, depending on teacher
preference.
Special Requests
The duration and specific content of
each component may be modified
depending on time constraints or
requests from teachers. If you
have an activity in mind that
is not covered here, or would
like Outreach staff to place
particular emphasis on a certain
component of the program outlined
above, please contact us prior
to your visit to discuss
modifications to the typical
program.
Weather Cancellation Policy In the
event of inclement weather we
generally leave it to the
visiting group to decide to
reschedule/cancel the trip. We will
proceed with the program as
normal in the event of rain,
and encourage teachers, chaperones
and students to dress appropriately
if rain is in the forecast.
In the event of lightning or
other dangerous weather conditions we
encourage teachers to reschedule,
but we understand that this is
not always possible and we have
indoor activities that can replace
the rocky shore field survey,
such as invertebrate dissections and
seaweed identification and pressing.
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Marine Science Center Rocky Shore Experience
Scavenger Hunt Group Name:
Today’s Date:
Group members: Check
off each item after completing
the task! Note the weather
conditions:
Sunny Partly Cloudy Overcast
Rainy Windy Note
the ocean conditions:
Big swells Calm Big waves
Small waves Measure
the Water Temperature________________ (°F)
and Salinity__________________ (ppt) of
a tidepool. Find on the
rocky shore: Crustaceans:
Green crab Barnacles
One kind of green
Pink crunchy algae
One kind of red Snail
on brown algae
One kind of brown Crust
algae General:
Animal attached to rocks
Animal under a rock
Animal with legs Animal on
another animal
Touch in the touch tanks:
Sea star tube feet Female
crab
Blue lobster Male crab
Sieve plate of a sea star
Sea star on mussels
Five eyes of a sea star
Doesn’t grow shell
Horseshoe crab Used in
toothpaste
A filter feeder An herbivore
Floating organism A carnivore
Discover on the tour
of East Point:
Two bunker doors Two bird
houses
A man’s face An experiment
site
The Boston Harbor Islands A
large ship
The city of Boston Deer
Island
Three tall towers Egg Rock
A lighthouse Trash
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TEACHER/CHAPERONE GUIDELINES Thank you
for your interest in our
educational programs at the Marine
Science Center! Your visit
will be filled with hands-on
activities both inside and outside,
and as a teacher/chaperone, we
ask that you keep students safe
and on-task. Our instructors will
give directions and information to
the students, so please help us
by following and enforcing these
guidelines:
• At least one teacher/chaperone must
always accompany students to the
restrooms. • While on the rocky
shore, teachers/chaperones should be
assigned to particular groups of
students, or at least spread out
so that there are adults on
the low tide areas and the
high tide areas.
• There is no climbing on the
high rocks and no swimming at
any time. Students should not
be in any water above the
ankle.
• As necessary, remind students to be
respectful of animals, handle them
carefully, and observe any areas
designated as no-touch zones.
• Students who do not have
appropriate footwear for the rocky
intertidal may be asked to
stay on the beach with a
teacher/chaperone during that activity.
• Shoes must be worn at all
times during the visit, even on
the lawn. • We do not allow
electronics other than cameras out
during our programs. Students
may
take pictures with a phone, but
we advise them not to bring
them onto the rocky shore. •
Nothing should be removed from the
Marine Science Center except
worksheets, and
nothing should be left behind.
We will provide trash bags for
lunchtime, and there are recycling
bins available as well.
• We know you are curious and
smart too! But please allow
students to answer questions and
figure things out on their own
to the greatest extent possible.
Having said that, please
maintain order and focus in your
group, and facilitate the student
completion of tasks when they
are stuck.
Thank you for your cooperation
FIELD TRIP ETIQUETTE
Preparing Students Before your
outdoor field trip, brainstorm with
students about how everyone should
conduct themselves. Below are some
general themes to guide your
discussion. If desired, the teacher
can document the rules on a
board or flip-chart paper.
Established rules of the site
• Challenge students to think about
who lives in the habitat they
are exploring? • How should students
behave to ensure they respect
these inhabitants? • What rules are
in place to protect these
inhabitants? • General discussion on
proper handling/respect of living
things
School rules • Students should conduct
themselves as they would in
school • Reminders about any
field-trip specific rules • Students
are responsible for representing
their school via good behavior
Safety • Ask students to brainstorm
any dangers or hazards at the
field trip site • How should
students avoid these dangers? • What
rules are in place to avoid
dangers or respond to potential
hazards?
Logistics • Allow students to ask
questions about field trip logistics.
This will help to avoid
distraction during the field trip. •
Give them all the details such
as: how long is the bus
ride, what will we be doing,
is there a
gift shop, when will we eat
lunch? • Discuss what students
should wear/bring, and what they
should not. Send home a
handout with this information before
the field trip. If
the students don’t think of
everything while brainstorming, be
sure to mention these general
rules regarding visiting coastal habitats:
• Remind students that they shouldn’t
take anything home and to be
sure not to leave behind any
equipment, personal belongings or
trash.
• Its ok to get your feet wet,
but no one should be more
than ankle deep in the water.
• On the rocky beach, no one
should climb on high rocks
above where seaweed grows.
WHAT TO BRING
• The weather in Nahant is usually
a bit cooler and windier than
on the “mainland”. Layers of
clothing, a change of clothing,
and/or rain gear is highly
recommended. A hat is advisable.
• Though swimming is not permitted,
feet WILL get wet while
tidepooling, so rubber-soled shoes
such as boots, water shoes, or
old sneakers are recommended.
Participants wearing slip-on sandals,
flip flops, Crocs, Tevas, or
heels may be denied participation
in tidepooling.
• Participants should bring sunscreen
and/or hand sanitizer, as they
will not be provided.
• Each person should bring an ample
supply of water, there is a
water fountain to refill water
bottles, but no water
bottles/drinks/cups will be provided.
• Participants may bring snacks and
lunch to eat onsite during
designated breaks only.
B. Classroom Resources
Background Information for Teachers
This section of the packet provides
details regarding the type of
information students will learn
during a typical field experience at
the Marine Science Center. This
information is provided in order
to help teachers prepare their
students for the visit, as well
as plan/implement pre and post
extension activities to ensure students
get the most out of a
Marine Science Center visit.
The Rocky Shore
The rocky intertidal is a zone
of rocky coastline that falls
between high tide and low tide.
The rise and fall of the
tides creates an area that is
covered by water part of the
day and exposed to air for
part of the day. Below
the rocky shore is the subtidal
zone, which is always submerged
in water, and above the rocky
shore are uplands, which waves
rarely reach. These rocky shores
generally occur in relatively exposed
waters, and are generally comprised
of bedrock and other large
glacial rocks and cobble.
These rocks provide a hard
substrate for a variety of
sessile (non-moving) organisms to
settle. Additionally, many mobile organisms
dwell in the cracks, crevices
and tidepools left behind as
the water retreats to the low
tide line. Due to the habitat
provided by the rocks, the
tide pools, and the foundations
species living here, the rocky
shore hosts variety of life
that is much more apparent at
first glance compared to the
sandy beach. Invertebrates and
seaweeds (red, green and brown)
dominate life on the rocky
shore. Large, brown seaweeds form
dense canopies that trap water
and provide relief from the
stressful conditions experienced by
organisms during low tide.
Cooperation between organisms is
important for survival in this
stressful environment.
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essential resources. Space is at a
premium on rocky shores, and
organisms complete for a spot
on the rocks to settle.
Competition is so intense that
organisms even settle on top of
one another. Like land plants,
seaweeds that grow on other
seaweeds are known as epiphytes.
Sessile animals such as mussels,
barnacles and tunicates settle on
each other as well as on
larger organisms such as crabs and
snails, and are referred to as
epibionts. Intertidal organisms
are subject to predation from
both land and sea. At high
tide large subtidal crabs and
fish can venture into the
intertidal for a snack. Similarly,
at low tide, terrestrial predators
such as seabirds, rodents and
raccoons might make a meal out
of tidepool creatures.
Despite all these challenges and
stressors facing organisms in the
rocky intertidal, the cold,
nutrient-rich waters of the temperate
coastal climates in which these
habitats occur, allow the rocks
to support a large diversity of
life.
History of East Point
Nahant has been a popular destination
for recreation, science and military
defense for years. Nahant is a
special type of peninsula known
as a tombolo, which means it
is nearly an island, only
connected to the mainland via a
small strait or sandbar. Historically
Nahant was a popular vacation
destination among affluent Bostonians.
In the 1800s hotels and summer
vacation homes dominated the town.
East Point, the current site of
the Marine Science Center was
home to several hotels.
After several fires eliminated the
hotels from the site, the
military established a presence on
East Point, during WWII, due
strategic location of Nahant,
extending out into Boston Harbor.
Remnants of the military presence
can still be seen at East
Point, including 3 underground
bunkers once used for protection and
artillery storage, 3 triangulation
towers previously used for detecting
invading enemies and the
infrastructure of a primitive
submarine detection device. Post-WWII
the military presence persisted with
the construction of a Nike
Missile Silo. In 1967,
Northeastern University established a
marine science lab at East
Point with the goals of marine
science research, education, and
community outreach.
Geology of East Point
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CONNECTIONS TO MASSACHUSETTS CURRICULUM
FRAMEWORKS (Grade 3rd-5th)
Classroom Rocky Shore Touch Tank
Tour
Pre / Post
Science and Technology/Engineering o
Earth and Space
Sciences o
• •
• •
• • •
• • • •
• 4-ESS3-2. Evaluate different solutions
to reduce the impacts of a
natural event such as an
earthquake, blizzard, or flood on
humans.
o •
• 5-ESS1-2. Use a model to
communicate Earth’s relationship to
the Sun, Moon, and other stars
that explain (a) why people on
Earth experience day and night,
(b) patterns in daily changes
in length and direction of
shadows over a day, and (c)
changes in the apparent position
of the Sun, Moon, and stars
at different times during a
day, over a month, and over
a year.
o
• 5-ESS2-1- Use a model to
describe the cycling of water
through a watershed through
evaporation, precipitation, absorption,
surface runoff, and condensation •
• • • •
• • •
• • • •
Life Science o •
3-LS1-1- Use simple graphical
representations to show that
different types of organisms have
unique
• • •
Classroom Rocky Shore Touch Tank
Tour
Pre / Post
• • •
• • • •
• 3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with
evidence that in a particular
environment some organisms can
survive well, some survive less well,
and some cannot survive. • •
• • •
• 3-LS4-4. Analyze and interpret given
data about changes in a habitat
and describe how the changes
may affect the ability of organisms
that live in that habitat to
survive and reproduce • •
•
• • •
• 4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that
animals and plants have internal
and external structures that support
their survival, growth, behavior, and
reproduction. • • • •
• 5-LS1-1. Ask testable questions about
the process by which plants use
air, water, and energy from
sunlight to produce sugars and plant
materials needed for growth and
reproduction • • • •
• • • •
Physical Science o
• 5-PS2-1. Support an argument with
evidence that the gravitational force
exerted by Earth on objects
is directed toward Earth’s center. •
o
• • • •
English Language Arts o
Reading Standards for Informational
Texts o
• • •
• • •
Classroom Rocky Shore Touch Tank
Tour
Pre / Post
Activity • RI.4 (3-5)- Determine the
meaning of general academic and
domain-specific words or phrases in
a
text relevant to a 3-5 grade
level topic or subject area
• •
• •
Writing Standards o
• W.2 (3-5)- Write informative/explanatory
texts to examine a topic and
convey ideas and information
clearly o •
• •
• • •
Speaking and Listening Standards o
• SL.1 (3-5). Engage
effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and
• • • • •
• • • • •
• SL.3 (3-5). Ask and answer
questions about information from a
speaker, offering appropriate elaboration
and detail. • • • •
•
• SL.4 (3-5). Report on a topic
or text or present an opinion,
sequencing ideas logically and using
appropriate facts and relevant,
descriptive details to support main
ideas or themes • • •
• •
Mathematics o Operations
and Algebraic Thinking o
• 3.OA-1. Interpret products of whole
numbers • •
• 3.OA-2. Interpret whole-number quotients
of whole numbers • o
• 3.OA-7. Fluently multiply and
divide within 100 • •
History and Social Science o
• 3.1 On a map of the United
States, locate the New England
states (Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire,
Maine) and the Atlantic Ocean.
On a map of Massachusetts,
locate major cities and towns,
Cape Ann, Cape Cod, the
Connecticut River, the
o •
Classroom Rocky Shore Touch Tank
Tour
Pre / Post
Activity Merrimack River, the Charles
River, and the Berkshire Hills.
• 3.9 Identify historic buildings,
monuments, or sites in the area
and explain their purpose and
significance.
o •
• 3.11 Identify when the students’
own town or city was founded,
and describe the different groups
of people who have settled in
the community since its founding.
o •
• 3.12 Explain how objects or
artifacts of everyday life in
the past tell us how ordinary
people lived and how everyday
life has changed. Draw on the
services of the local historical
society and local museums as
needed.
o •
• 3.14 Give examples of tax-supported
facilities and services provided by
their local government, such as
public schools, parks, recreational
facilities, police and fire
departments, and libraries.
o •
Comprehensive Health o
• 13.1 Describe types of natural
resources and their connection with
health o • • 13.2
Describe how business, industry, and
individuals can work cooperatively to
solve ecological
health problems, such as conserving
natural resources and decreasing
pollution • • •
History and Social Science (continued)
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Extension Activities These in-school
activities are designed to either
prepare students for, or debrief
students after their field
experience. While some activities are
particularly suited for either before
or after, some are more
flexible and can be conducted
anytime as teachers see fit.
All activities satisfy requirements
of the Massachusetts Curriculum
Frameworks.
Activity 1: Introduction to the rocky
shore and Nahant Materials: Slide
presentation (provided) Map of
Nahant (provided) Rocky shore vocab
list (provided)
Duration: 1 class period Learning
Objectives: Build on prior knowledge
to learn what lives on the
rocky shore, and the physical
factors that influence life in
this habitat.
Instructions: • This activity introduces
students to the field-trip site
and prepares them for the trip,
including an explanation of the
activities on the trip, vocabulary
and field-trip etiquette/safety.
• Teacher displays an image of a
rocky shore and asks students
if they have ever been to
such a place. Students will be
invited to share their experiences
of the rocky shore in a
group discussion. Discussion will continue
as teacher presents the rocky
shore Slide show and introduces
students to vocabulary associated
with the rocky shore.
• Teacher will pose questions such as
o What kind of organisms live
on the rocky shore? o What
might make it hard or stressful
to live on the rocky shore?
o What kind of adaptations might
organisms have to survive here?
Activity 2: Introduction to taxonomic
classification Materials: Variety
of seashells Field guides
(books and/or online)
Duration: 1 class period Learning
Objectives: Classify animals based
on shared characteristics
Instructions:
Activity 3: Weather Observations
Materials: Thermometer Weather data sheet
(provided) Cloud Types Chart
(provided) Beaufort Scale Chart
(provided)
Duration: 1 class period
Learning Objectives: Recognize how weather
impacts living organisms, practice
field sampling procedures
Instructions:
Activity 5: Research a rocky shore
organism Materials: Research materials
(books and/or online) Presentation
materials (posters and/or electronic)
Duration: 1-2 class periods
Learning Objectives: Become familiar with
rocky shore species, practice
research skills
Instructions:
• Students (on their own or in
pairs) will choose a rocky
shore organism to research. Students
should focus on the specific
habitat or niche of the
organism, how it grows, eats
and reproduces and special adaptations
that allows it to live on
the rocky shore.
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Activity 6: Construct a field guide
Materials: Field guide template
(provided) Duration: 1-2 class
periods
Learning Objectives: Become familiar
with rocky shore organisms and
classification methods
Instructions:
• Using information learned from previous
activities, field trip or research
(activity 4) students will create
field guide pages for selected
rocky shore organisms.
Activity 7: Name that organism!
Materials: Rocky shore organism photos
(provided in field guide, be
sure to remove names first!)
Duration: 10-15 minutes Learning
Objectives: Use prior knowledge to
identify organisms
Instructions:
• In this assessment activity, ten
images of rocky shore organisms
will be displayed one at a
time to the whole group.
Students are given 3 minutes to
individually use their field guide
to identify and record the
displayed organisms.
Activity 8: Construct a food web
Materials: Pictures of rocky shore
organisms Food web worksheet
and template (provided) Yarn
Poster or board on which to
construct food web
Duration: 1 class period Learning
Objectives: Identify feeding relationships
and how energy is transferred
between organisms.
Instructions:
• Students will use the knowledge
they have gained from NUMSC
visit and classroom activities to
construct a food web with
pictures of organisms, identifying
organisms at different feeding
levels (consumers, producers etc.)
Rocky Shore Vocabulary List Intertidal
Tidepool Evaporation Salinity
Temperature Tide Adaptation Quadrat
Cloud types Beaufort scale
Invertebrate
Rocky Shore Vocab List – Definitions
Intertidal – the area on a
beach between the low tide line
and the high tide line, which
is covered by water at high
tide and exposed to air at
low tide. Tidepool – a
pool of water that is left
behind and/or trapped by the
rocks as water falls to the
low tide line. These pools
provide a place of refuge for
organisms that are exposed to
air during low tide.
Evaporation – the process by which
water changes phase, becoming a
gas or vapor. This process
requires heat energy. Example: when
the sun heats up the water
in a tidepool, the water
evaporates. Salinity – the
content of dissolved salts contained
in a solution; saltiness.
Temperature – a measure of hot
and cold; also a measure of
how fast the atoms and
molecules in a substance are
moving: higher temperature=faster, lower
temperature=slower. Tide –
the rise and fall of sea
levels caused by the gravitational
forces exerted by the moon and
sun and the rotation of the
Earth. Adaptation – an
adjustment or modification of the
traits of an organism to make
them more suited to survive in
a particular environment. Quadrat
– a square constructed out of
PVC or other materials that is
used by scientists to count
the number of organisms in a
habitat. It would be very time
consuming to count all the
organisms in a habitat, so instead
scientists can count the number
of organisms in the quadrat,
and use this number to estimate
the density (#per area) of the
organisms. Cloud types: •
Stratus – thin flat layer in
the sky, can occur at any
level, Ex. Altostratus are mid-level
stratus clouds. • Cirrus – wisps
that look like curls of hair,
usually located high in the
sky. • Cumulous – large puffy
heap of clouds • Nimbus – dark
rain clouds
Rocky Shore Species List
periwinkle Littorina obtusata
Echinodermata Forbes sea star
Asterias forbesi Northern sea star
Asterias vulgaris Blood star
Henricia sanguinolenta Green sea
urchin Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis
Arthropoda Crustacea Shrimp Various
Green crab Carcinus maenas
Rock crab Cancer irroratus Jonah
crab Cancer borealis Asian
shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Spider crab Libinia emarginata
Long-clawed
hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus
Chordata Sheath tunicate Botrylloides
violaceus Porifera Sponges
Various Bryozoa Bryozoans (lacy
crust) Membranipora spp.
Dulse Palmaria palmata
Heterokontophyta (brown algae)
Rockweed Fucus vesiculosus
Marine Science Center WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
Today’s Date: Group
members:
Marine Science Center
Name:
______________________________________________________
Date:
_______________________
Instructions:
1. Use the list of living things
below and pyramid to make a
diagram showing who eats whom
on the rocky shore.
2. Work together with your classmates
and use resources like textbooks
or the Internet to determine
if each living thing is a
Producer or Consumer and what
it eats or gets eaten by.
3. Write the name or draw a
picture of each rocky shore
critter on the food web
pyramid.
4. Next draw arrows up the food
web from who gets eaten, to
who eats it
Example: snail! crab, because the
crab eats the snail.
**Remember that since this is a
food web, not a food chain,
organisms can eat more than
one and get eaten by more than
one thing, allowing for many
arrows**
Living things on the rocky shore
Snail Crab Sea gull
Barnacle Fish Sea urchin
Phytoplankton Seaweed Sea star Blue
mussel Zooplankton Seal
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Rock Crab American Lobster Spider Crab Shrimp
Barnacle
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Dead Man’s Fingers
Knotted Wrack Rockweed Sea Lettuce Gut Weed Filamentous Green
Algae
Common Sea Star Crust Bryozoan Hydroid
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Cloud Types Cirra-means ‘high-level’ Cirrostratus clouds are more
like a thin veil high in the sky Cirrocumulus clouds are layered
with little lumps Cirrus clouds are thin and wispy and made of ice
crystals Alto-means ‘mid-level’ Altostratus clouds are flat and may
thicken and lower into rain or snow Altocumulus clouds are heaped
up and may form rows Stratus clouds are flat and make a low grey
layer of clouds make light rain Stratocumus clouds form a layer of
cloud lums with thick and thin areas Nimbus-mean ‘rain or snow’
Cumulonimbus clouds produce large storms
BEAUFORT SCALE Beufort Scale
Description feels like/looks like:
0 Calm, wind less than 1 mph, water is flat.
Calm, smoke rises straight up
1 Light air; wind 1-3 mph, water has ripples without
crests.
Smoke drifts in direction of wind
2 Light breeze; wind 4-7 mph, water has small wavelets, glassy
crests, not breaking
Wind felt on skin, leaves rustle.
3 Gentle breeze; wind 8-12 mph, water has large wave-
lets, scattered whitecaps and crests begin to break
Leaves small twigs constantly
moving, flags flut- tering.
4 Moderate breeze; wind 13-17 mph, water has small waves with
breaking crests,
whitecaps.
moving.
5 Fresh breeze; wind 18-24 mph, water has moderate waves, many
whitecaps, a
little spray.
to sway
6 Strong breeze; wind 25-30 mph, water has many white foam crests,
some airborne
spray.
whistle, umbrellas are hard to use.
7 High wind; wind 31-38 mph, water heaps up, foam from breaking
waves blown in
streaks along wind direction, moderate airborne spray.
Whole trees mov- ing, hard to walk against the wind..
8 Gale, wind 39-46 mph, Moderately high waves,
well marked streaks foam in wind direction, considerable
airborne spray
wind, can’t walk against the wind.
9 Strong gale; wind 47-54 mph, water has high waves
whose crests sometimes roll, dense foam, spray may
reduce visability
small trees blown over, traffic cones
blow over.
10 Storm; wind 55-63 mph, water has very high waves,
large patches of foam make sea look white, spray
reduces visability
shingles on roofs peel off and blow
away.
11 Violent storm; wind 64-72 mph, water has exception- ally high
waves, very large
patches of foam cover most of sea surface, poor visabil-
ity from spray.
Lots of damage to plants, many roofs damages.
12 Hurricane; wind greater than 73 mph, high waves, sea completely
white, air filled
with spray.
break, flying debris.